Germans Predict Invasion Of Britain In Near Future
A London despatch reports German military thinkers foresee possible invasion of England, with Zeppelins ready to support a fleet dash. They expect Russia to be defeated, and aim to press on Calais while Britain remains the principal foe. German leaders believe a peace term will avoid cession of Heligoland despite a hard campaign.
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NEW York Times
London
Switzerland
Morning Post
Berlin
Germany
Calais
England
Paris
Belgium
Bethmann-Holmes
Holland
Belsium
Sre
Jellicoe
British Hold Up Liner After Detention By British Cruiser
The Danish ship SS Helvig Olav carrying 318 passengers from Copenhagen to New York faced a three and a half day delay after a British auxiliary cruiser fired a blank shot and ordered it to stop near Stornoway. A prize crew boarded, detaining one Austrian passenger before the liner resumed its voyage. Notables Miss Julia Grace Wales and Miss Lola M Lloyd helped circulate a protest to President Wilson asserting neutral citizens were infringed upon while praising the United States policy of neutrality.
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Yeaserday
Copenhagen
Hellix Olav
Cedric
L. Holst
Stornaway
Hansskow
New York
TheaHene
Julia Grace Wales
Lola M Lloyd
Hebrides Islands
Newcastle at Paita Peru Arrival Strikes Prewar Tension
British cruiser Newcastle reaches Paita Peru on the first night of June. She takes on water and prepares to depart for combat, while provisions are reported aboard.
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Newcastle
Paita
Peru
Newcastl
German professor urges expulsion of foreign students
Professor Konrad Bornhak of the University of Berlin, per The Times, urges Germany to protect its universities from foreigners. He argues foreign students are unnecessary beyond basic philosophy or philology, seeks mostly German-origin exceptions, opposes air travel exchanges with the United States, and claims foreign degrees insult German credentials.
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NEW York Times
London
Konrad Bornhak
University of Berlin
Times
Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Germany
Bornhalt
United States
Jails for Sales to Germany Sentences Hit Firm Partners
In Edinburgh yesterday Robert Hetherington and Henry Arnold Wilson of William Jacks & Co., iron merchants of Glasgow, received six months in jail and $10,000 fines each for trading with the enemy. They aided delivering iron ore to Krupps and other German firms after the war began, routing shipments via Rotterdam to Germany as agents for the shippers to obtain payments on prior deliveries. The article notes the penalties seem light and cites the broader context of other firms withholding or reversing wartime deliveries at a loss.
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NEW York Times
London
Court of Justiciary
Edinburgh
Robert Hetherington
Henry Arnold Wilson
William Jacks & Co
Glasgow
Krupps's
Rotterdam
Jacks « Co
Germany
Test
Messrs. Supps
Still Bigger Krupp Guns Foreseen By Danish Student
A Danish student of economics visiting Krupp workers cottages reports that wartime labor rose from 70,000 to 110,000. He says production of 42 centimeter guns is only a prelude to heavy guns of immense range, with work now focused on long-range artillery and surprising advances may be expected soon.
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NEW York ‘Times
Copenhagen
London Morning Post
Krupps
Basen
Rex
London
Warneford
Daily Mail
The
Daily Telegraph
Addison
Aeronautics
Chronicle
Cardinal Farley Urges Prayer for Poland and Peace
Cardinal Farley calls on all churches in the diocese to offer prayers for peace and to collect relief for Polish victims at Sunday masses. He cites Cardinal Gasparri’s address to the Christian world and directs clergy to exhort renewed fervor and read the letter in all masses.
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Cardinal Farley
Poland
Gasparri
Benedict
Shaughnessy says Canada to gain largest share of army needs
Sir Thomas G Shaughnessy president of the Canadian Pacific Railway reports in The Times that he was invited to discuss with the War Department a plan to purchase the greatest possible portion of the army's needs in Canada. He notes Canada may be used through its purchasing organization and that London authorities aim to assign substantial Canada orders, given its munitions output.
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War Department
Canada
Thomas G. Shaughnessy
Canadian Pacific Railway
Times
Canadian Pacific
Asquiths Two Sons Return to War Frontlines
June 18 reports Lieutenant Herbert Asquith back in London after wounds suffered in the Dardanelles. Contusions to the face from shell splintering, with several teeth knocked out and lip injuries noted. His brother Lieutenant Arthur Asquith remains convalescing in Cairo after a leg wound and plans to rejoin combat within two weeks.
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London
Herbert Asquith
Dardanelles
Arthur Asquith
Cairo
Army takes over factories in Russia for ammunition
Berlin dispatch reports Russian War Ministry orders military expropriation of all factories capable of making ammunition. Correspondent notes factories run three shifts yet production still falls short of colossal demand, highlighting strain on munitions supply.
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Berlin
London
National Zeitung
Russian War Ministry
Cymric Sails for Liverpool With Airship aboard
The White Star liner Cymric left at 1 pm for Liverpool carrying 120 cabin and 255 third class passengers. A last minute delay allowed a large aeroplane to be boarded. Five airships were stored in forward hatches and more in wooden cases on the after decks. The ship also carried 16,000 tons of provisions for the British Government.
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Liverpool
Warneford's Death Prompts Aviation Tragedy Debate
Paris dispatch reports Royal Naval Flying Corps inquiry into Lt. H K A Warneford and American writer Henry Needham deaths from a aeroplane crash. Witnesses say Warneford steeplechased at height 300 feet before the machine pitched, with explanations ranging from tail or propeller defect to risky flying. Needham was killed when he hit a propeller blade. Funerals planned at Versailles hospital. London papers mourn and praise Warneford's heroism and a potential memorial.
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British
Royal Naval Flying Corps
Liieutenant
A. J. Warneford
Who
Henry Kam
Warneford
Royal Flying Corps
Needham
Dunkirk
Trianon Palace
Versailles
Needham A
Thachara
Faris
London
New York Times
Henry Needham
Cursed Warneford's Mother Receives Death News
An anonymous letter of hatred arrived for Mrs. Corkery after news of Lieutenant Warneford's death. The Daily News reports the incident in Runford near Farnham, noting the family plans to move and bury the son in London. Colonel Corkery confirms the shock and the cowardly letter, posted June 16 in Kensington.
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NEW York Times
London
Warneford
Admiralty
Daily News
Surrey
Runford
Farnham
Corkerey
M. P. Corkery
England
Rex
Ghent
Devonshire
Young Warneford
Colonel Corkery
Kensington
Corkery
Paris
Daily Express
Patrick Corkerey
Man Killing Biplane Claims Paris Aerial Tragedy
Witnesses say a Farman biplane carrying Lieutenant Warneford and Henry Beach Needham dropped from 250 feet after a 70 foot wobble. Needham died attempting to jump clear. Warneford crushed by the engine. Evans, a friend, arrived in Versailles to arrange the body’s care as officials investigate.
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NEW York Times
Paris
Warneford
Henry Beach Needham
Farman
Needham
Keith Evans
Crowell Publishing Company
New York
Versailles
Bue
Air Service
Evans
Trianon Palace
America
Bordeaux
Washington
Mafin
Kursk voyage details reveal wartime Stanislau ruins and escape tales
Isadore Leitner, a 16 year old New Yorker, returned from Russia reporting Stanislau’s repeated capture by Russians and Austrians, and a city heavily bombed. Ludwig Kohlmann, a German born American, described nine months in a Russian concentration camp before escaping via Archangel. Josefa Zdrodowska and daughters sought return from Warsaw, while Captain Kirschfeldt noted the Kursk being among Archangel’s first ships after ice clearance.
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Isadore Leitner
New York
Russia
Kursk
Stanislau
Ludwig Kohlmann
Germany
United States
Kohlmann
Archangel
American Relief Society
Josefa Zdrodowska
Irene
Josefa
Warsaw
Kirschfeldt
Glasgow
Libau
Ridder Sees No Waterloo in German War Stance
Herman Ridder cites Staats Zeitung asserting Napoleon era myths miss the mark. He argues the German Emperor remains a peaceable figure despite a war seen as unjust, with Germans united to endure and prevail without Waterloo. He dismisses calls to compare current action to Waterloo and counters such claims as misreading facts.
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Herman Ridder
Staats- Zeitung
Napoleon
Port Arthur
Arras
Waterloo
Agamemnon Torpedo Rumor Hits German Papers in May
German papers from May 29 report a torpedo hit near the Dardanelles on a British Agamemnon class battleship, with accounts of it being aground at Imbros and later towed. The British Admiralty denied sub sinkage, while Wolff’s Telegraph Bureau details suggest damage may be severe or due to accident.
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Dardanelles
Constantinople
Amsterdam
New York Times
Imbros
Admiralty
Frankfurter Zeitung
Wolff
Majestic
Timbros
Agamemnon
Aa Wolff
Singindere
sedd-el-Bahr
Imbros Island
Aegean
Worlf Telegraph Bureau
British Lose Ground at Dardanelles After Gallipoli Push
Constantinople dispatch reports British forces in Gallipoli now retain only a small crescent near Gaba Tepe after Turkish counter advances. It is said the fleet sought shelter in Kerala Bay near Imbros after submarines threatened, with three mine detonations reported under British vessels in refuge.
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Berlin
Sayville
N. Yy
Associated Press
Constantinople
Avi Burnu
Gallipoli
Gaba Tepe
Gallipolis
Eninsula
Kerala Bay
Imbros Island
Alexandria Hospitals Full After Dardanelles Fight
Boston reports from the North Carolina describe ten months of foreign service and brutal fighting at the Dardanelles. British and French losses were heavy and Alexandria hospitals overflowed with wounded. Australian troops suffered greatly in landing attempts under Turkish fire, with a British vessel reportedly firing on and killing many as they struggled up the southern shore.
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Boston
North Carolina
Dardanelles
Alexandria
Troops clash in Alexandria amid taunts and hard feeling
The article reports that the first line of trenches rushed forward into disaster and that British and American sailors clashed at Alexandria. Taunts claiming the United States was afraid to fight sparked street encounters and widespread hostility, with North Carolina's crew noted in the tensions.
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Alexandria
North Carolina
United States
Turkish Army Disabled by Disease in Transcaucasia
About 40,000 Turkish soldiers in the Olt district of Transcaucasia have been disabled by disease over three months, forcing surrender on the front. Summer fears the epidemic will spread among refugees as the American hospital in Van overflows and lacks care. Also, after a Russian entry into Urmia, Persians were investigated for mistreating Christians, with confessions revealing harems. Native Americans in Urmia are reported safe. typhus claimed two Ohio women, with others believed safe as naturalized residents.
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Tiflis
Transcaucasia
Petrograd
London
Van
Urumiah
Persia
Comasi
Uramiah
Honored Hersing for Trip Decoration Explained
Berlin dispatch reports Captain Hersing awarded the Pour le Merité for bold action taking a submarine to the Dardanelles and sinking the Majestic and another British battleship. The earlier claim he sank the Lusitania is incorrect, as Hersing left Wilhelmshaven on April 25 and reached the Dardanelles in late May.
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NEW York Times
Berlin
the Hague
Hersing
Dardanelles
Majestic
Wilhelmshaven
Ireland
Nurses' Serbia letter reports typhus toll and aid plans
Miss Edith Simmonds of Roosevelt Hospital writes from Valejeva Serbia describing a typhus ridden town where mortality is high and hospitals are crowded. She notes shortages of instruments medicines and the emotional strain of wounded soldiers. The next Red Cross shipment to Serbia will depart via Greece on Themistocles, with donations due June 22 at Bush Terminal Brooklyn.
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NEW York Times
Valejeyvo
Serbia
Edith Simmonds
Roosevelt Hospital
Red Cross
Simmonds
William K. Draper
New York
The
Miss Simmonds
Valejevo
Serbia military actions in Albania threaten peace
In Rome the Serbian minister says Belgrade has occupied and then abandoned Durazzo in Albania under Austrian ultimatum, warning that Austria and Turkey may move in Albania to force Serbia’s withdrawal. He declares Serbia will defend its front and resents Austria’s plans, stressing honor and ties to Italy and the Garibaldians.
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Rome
Vienna
Austria-Hungary
Serbia
Messaggero
Albania
Durazzo
Europe
Austria
Turkey
Italy
Nordhavet Cargo Seized in Prize Court in London
Agricultural machinery supplies aboard the Danish steamer Nordhavet from Baltimore for Copenhagen were declared prize cargo in London and ordered for adjudication after detention at Kirkwall on June 14.
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Nordhavet
Prize Court
London
Baltimore
Copenhagen
Kirkwall
Reichstag Debate on War Aims Highlights Social Democrats Dissent
A May 2 Reichstag session detailed war aims with opposing leaders debating conquest versus peace terms. Westarp and Schiffer urged harsher territorial gains, while Liebknecht and Scheidemann pressed for safeguards, democratic rights, and limited censorship amid calls for national unity.
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Reichstag
Frankfurter Zeitung
Count Westarp
Prince von Radolin Arrest Reported in Berlin
Milan June 1 via Paria June 1b The Corriere della Sera says Prince von Radolin former German Ambassador to France and Prince von Radolin were arrested in Berlin at end of April charged with espionage against Germany but censored from publication. He retired as ambassador to France in 1910 after nine years in Paris and delicate negotiations over the Moroccan crisis.
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Milan
Via Paria
Corriere Della Sera
Prince von Radolin
France
Princ von Radolin
Berlin
Germany
Paris
Uis
William
Madrid
Constantinople
Falliéres
Hamburg American loss shifts focus to wartime finance
Syren and Shipping argues that Hamburg American Line faced losses and disrupted earnings in 1918. The article notes no annual report was issued due to an imperial edict, estimates show reduced Atlantic trade profits, and a fleet reduction from 1,307,411 to about 1,242,000 tons with vessels in foreign ports awaiting end‑of‑war restitution.
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Chem
Syren and Shipping
Hippins
London
Oictober
Karlsruhe Raid Telegram From Grand Duke on Wicked Attack
A Frankfurt telegram reports the Grand Duke of Staden at the front relayed Emperor William's deep indignation over a recent raid on Karlsruhe by French aeroplanes. He condemns the wick attack on civilians and expresses sorrow for the innocent victims.
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London
Frankfort
Grand Duke of Staden
Karlsruhe
William
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